How has American childhood evolved over time, and how have we arrived at this cultural moment in parenting? with Paula S. Fass

On today’s episode, we learn about the history of parenting and focus on what has made American childhood unique. With her deep knowledge on this subject matter, Paula gives us a lot to consider as we reflect back and look forward.

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Paula S. Fass  is a renowned historian of childhood and is the Margaret Byrne Professor of History Emerita at the University of California at Berkeley, where she taught for thirty-six years. She has also been a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Rutgers University.

Trained as a social and cultural historian of the United States at Barnard College and Columbia University, she has over the last two decades been active in developing the field of children's history and worked to make this an interdisciplinary field with a global perspective. She was the President of the Society of the History of Children and Youth, which she helped to found, from 2007-2009.

Paula has written many books related to childhood in America and has contributed to many collections in areas such as education, immigration, globalization, children's history and children's policy. Her most recent book is “The End of American Childhood: A History of  Parenting, from Life on the Frontier to the Managed Child," published by Princeton University Press.

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